Tiger Shark (film)

Tiger Shark
	1932 Theatrical Poster
Directed by	Howard Hawks
Produced by	Bryan Foy
Written by	Howard Hawks; John Lee Mahin;
Screenplay by	Wells Root
Story by	Houston Branch
Starring	Edward G. Robinson; Richard Arlen; Zita Johann;
Music by	Bernhard Kaun
Cinematography	Tony Gaudio
Edited by	Thomas Pratt
Distributed by	First National Pictures
Release date	September 22, 1932 (U.S.);
Running time	77 minutes
Country	United States
Language	English
Budget	$375,000[1]
Box office	$879,000[1]

Tiger Shark is a 1932 American pre-Code melodrama romantic film directed by Howard Hawks and starring Edward G. Robinson, Richard Arlen and Zita Johann.[2] The film was made the same year as Scarface, which is widely acknowledged to be the director's best film of the early sound era. The general storyline was repeated several times in subsequent films, most notably Manpower with Marlene Dietrich and George Raft, in which Robinson plays the same role, only as a power line worker.

The film's leading lady, Zita Johann, is best known for her role opposite Boris Karloff in Karl Freund's The Mummy that same year.

Premise

The plot concerns a one-handed tuna fisherman named Mike (Robinson) whose wife falls for the man he lost his hand saving.

According to Warner Bros records the film earned $436,000 domestically and $443,000 foreign.[1]

Warner Bros financial information in The William Shaefer Ledger. See Appendix 1, Historical Journal of Film, Radio and Television, (1995) 15:sup1, 1-31 p 13 DOI: 10.1080/01439689508604551
Sala, Ángel (October 2005). "Apéndices". Tiburón ¡Vas a necesitar un barco más grande! El filme que cambió Hollywood (1st ed.). Festival Internacional de Cinema de Catalunya. p. 114. ISBN 84-96129-72-1.

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